ITLS 9th Edition Basic Pre-Test Answered Correctly – Expert Verified | Latest Version 2024/2025

A 23-year-old female fell from a second-floor balcony. Upon arrival, you find her lying in the grass. She responds to verbal commands and your assessment reveals flat neck veins, and normal chest, abdomen and pelvis examinations. Her skin is cool, clammy and ashen; respirations are rapid and shallow; radial pulses are too rapid to count and thready. You place her on the heart monitor and it shows a wide-complex tachycardia of about 280 per minute. You should suspect: A. Hypovolemic shock B. Relative hypovolemic (high-space) shock C. Mechanical (obstructive) shock D. Cardiogenic shock - D. Cardiongenic shock A 25-year-old female was stabbed in the left arm. She presents with an altered mental status and signs of shock. Bleeding is uncontrolled with direct pressure. You should: A. Apply a tourniquet directly over the wound B. Elevate the extremity above the level of the heart C. Apply a pressure point D. Apply a tourniquet proximal to the injury - D. Apply a tourniquet proximal to the injury A 27-year-old male with blunt chest trauma from a motor vehicle collision was successfully intubated at the scene. While ventilating the patient, you note resistance with an absence of right chest wall movement. You should suspect a: A. Flail chest B. Gastric distention